Yaamanga (around here)
2023-09-16 00:00 - 2030-12-31 23:59 (Australia/Sydney)
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Drop in anytime on Sunday 6 September between 10:30am – 1:30pmEvent, Program

Yaamanga (around here) installation view

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Yaamanga (around here) is an ongoing exhibition exploring the history and identity of the Coffs Coast through themes of place, community and belonging, with Gumbaynggirr culture at its heart. This interactive exhibition features hundreds of objects, photographs, artworks and films from the Yarrila Arts and Museum collection. A key highlight of Yaamanga (around here) is the short film, Daalga Nginundi Wajaarr (Sing Your Country), which is informed by Yuludarla’s (Gumbaynggirr Creator) journey from north to south exploring miirlarl (sacred places), culture and history through song and cinema. The piece is a celebration of language and its revival and is an invitation for all people to learn the story of this place. It explores untold histories of Country; its triumphs and its sorrow and the dialogue Gumbaynggirr people have every day with her.Daalga Nginundi Wajaarr (Sing Your Country) was created by Alison Page and Nik Lachajczak of ZAKPAGE. The score is a reworking of a medley of traditional songs by Gumbaynggirr artist, Birrugan Dunn-Velasco, with the inclusion of post-modern instrumentation and sounds from Country.This artwork is dedicated to the Gumbaynggirr people; it is their ancestral lands upon which we live and work; they who are so generous with their cultural knowledge and lore in the making of this film.

A still image captured from Daalga Nginundi Wajaarr Sing Your Country

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John Tuckwell: A Survey
2025-02-08 00:00 - 2025-05-11 23:59
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John Tuckwell, The birds are out, 2022, porcelain. Photography by Gloria Malone. Image courtesy of the artist.

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John Tuckwell: A Survey celebrates the thoughtfully crafted porcelain vessels of Bellingen-based artist and respected potter John Tuckwell. John’s work captures the interplay of light, colour, and texture, drawing inspiration from local landscapes, abstract forms, and the materiality of porcelain itself.The painterly surfaces and translucent porcelain reflect both the natural world and John’s personal experiences. From elegant early works to more layered, constructed forms created after a life-changing stroke, this exhibition showcases the evolution of a practice shaped by place, adaptation and innovation.

Material World
2025-02-15 00:00 - 2025-06-01 23:59
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Troy Emery, Extravagant Wallaby, 2023. Photography by Jonathan Cohen, courtesy Michael Reid Galleries.

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Material World brings together a diverse group of Australian artists exploring the role of textiles in contemporary practice. Challenging traditional views of fabric and thread, the artists engage with themes of identity and environment through a vibrant mix of colour, texture, and creativity.The exhibition blends traditional and modern techniques, sparking dialogue between past and present, personal and collective, organic and synthetic, while celebrating the materiality and cultural significance of textiles.

Exhibiting artists:Yarrenyty Arltere Artists | Liam Benson | Troy Emery | Julia Gutman | Shivanjani Lal | Hiromi Tango | Henry Jock Walker | Peggy Zephyr

Eco-symbiosis: Danielle Burford, Emma Louise Davies, Jane Sturrock Nash, and Sandra Pitkin
2025-04-05 00:00 - 2025-06-01 23:59
Eco-symbiosis: Danielle Burford, Emma Louise Davies, Jane Sturrock Nash, and Sandra Pitkin

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Eco-symbiosis is a group exhibition featuring the work of four Mid North Coast artists delving into the intricate relationship between humans and their environment.

Emma Louise Davies, Connection AFD, 2023

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Eco-symbiosis is a group exhibition featuring the work of four Mid North Coast artists delving into the intricate relationship between humans and their environment.Danielle Burford’s works are deep personal reflection on the landscape and her Wiradjuri heritage combined with extensive research into the anatomy, behaviours and diet of native animals.Emma Louise Davies explores human behaviour and our interaction with native and introduced plant and animal species through sculpture and drawing.Jane Sturrock Nash’s paintings portray the unique beauty of birds and insects that inhabit native trees in Dorrigo.Working across sculpture and installation, Sandra Pitkin considers the way we identify individuals and the effects of technology on our relationship with each other and the environment.Together, these artists invite viewers to contemplate the interconnectedness of humanity, nature, and technology and our place within the ecosystem.

All One Under the Sun
2025-04-05 00:00 - 2025-06-01 23:59
All One Under the Sun: a remedy to racism

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All One Under the Sun is a remedy to racism campaign led by young people and using the arts to promote inclusion, belonging, connection, education and empowerment.

All One Under the Sun, 2021, production still, Bathtime Productions

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All One Under the Sun is a remedy to racism campaign led by young people and using the arts to promote inclusion, belonging, connection, education and empowerment. The project began in 2021 with a songwriting project led by Grow the Music in collaboration with young people aged 12-25 from across the community including First Nations, refugee and migrant background and Australian born (non-Aboriginal) young people.The song created became the anthem for the project and features five community languages – Gumbaynggirr, English, Kurdish Kurmanji, Arabic and Swahili – and demonstrates the power of community coming together across cultures on Gumbaynggirr Country.The film clip was created by Bathtime Productions with over 75 community members participating in the film clip. The documentary, also created by Bathtime Productions, follows the first year of the project including the songwriting process and the creation of the Youth Action Collective and amplifies the voices of young people who participated in the first stage of the project.All One Under the Sun Project took place in Coffs Harbour from 2021-24 through funding from NSW Government through Multicultural NSW. The project was led by STARTTS with a consortium of local services including Blue Sky Community Services, Coffs Harbour Local and Districts Aboriginal Lands Council, headspace Coffs Harbour and the City of Coffs Harbour with the support of many community organisations and the participation of over 800 young people in the three years of the project. The project continues today through the All One under the Sun Festival which will be held for the third time in 2025.
